For the newly diagnosed

Deep breath. You've got this, and you've got company.

The first weeks are a firehose: new words, new math, new fears, and everyone suddenly has opinions about your pancreas. You don't need to master all of it today. You need a rough map, a short list of what actually matters, and permission to get things wrong while you learn.

This corner of the site is that map. It's written by someone who sat where you're sitting, not by a pamphlet committee.

What's here for you

A first-weeks guide that skips the panic and the jargon
A glossary that explains terms like a friend would
Questions worth asking your care team at the next visit
A sick-day guide worth reading before the first bad cold
The science of prebolusing, explained gently

The glossary

Basal, bolus, IOB, unicorn: T1D comes with a second language, and the clinic tends to assume you already speak it. Seventy-five terms in plain words, community slang included, searchable and built for looking things up mid-sentence.

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Guides for this mode

All guides

T1D veteranNewly diagnosed

Alcohol and T1D: the deep dive

Why alcohol causes delayed lows, what your liver is actually doing, drink-by-drink glucose behavior, the overnight plan, and the CGM alarm problem nobody warns you about.

6 min read

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Prebolusing: why timing beats math

Rapid insulin isn't rapid. Understanding the gap between injection and action is one of the highest-leverage ideas in T1D.

3 min read

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Questions worth asking your care team

Appointments are short and the questions you meant to ask evaporate in the parking lot. Steal these.

3 min read

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Sick days: the plan you make while you're healthy

Why a cold pushes glucose up and a stomach bug pushes it down, what ketones are telling you, and when home care stops being enough.

8 min read

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Tandem Mobi + Dexcom G7: setup and real life

Pairing the Mobi with the G7, the 15 Day sensor question, taming overnight alerts, fixing connection dropouts, and what the community wishes it knew sooner.

5 min read

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The first weeks: a map, not a syllabus

What actually matters right after a T1D diagnosis, what can wait, and why messy is normal.

3 min read

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Type 2 remission: what the trials showed, and what the word does not mean

Remission is real, measured, and not a cure. What DiRECT and the NHS programme found, who it tends to work for, why it does not apply to Type 1 at all, and how to read the headlines without being sold something.

11 min read

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When insulin costs more than you have

The emergency option most people do not know exists, the $35 programs, and where to start looking. Links to the programs themselves, because only they can tell you what you qualify for.

4 min read

The app is out

Version one is on the App Store: prebolus nudges, carbs off a barcode, and your CGM history read from Apple Health. iPhone only, no account, free, and it never tells you how much insulin to take.

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